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offshooting

offshooting noun: an offshoot; a diversion or branching off.

Noun

offshooting (plural offshootings)

  1. An offshoot; a diversion or branching off.
    • I must be shorter; I did not mean to turn off into the mere offshootings of my story, here and there; but the dreaminess I speak of leads me sometimes; and I, as impotent then, obey the dreamy prompting.1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
    • At the first offshooting of the English language from its present stem, its growth and development began at once to tend toward logical simplicity […]1869, William Conant Church, The Galaxy, volume 7, page 103

Forms of offshooting

pluraloffshootings

Questions about offshooting

What does offshooting mean?
Offshooting means an offshoot; a diversion or branching off.
What part of speech is offshooting?
Offshooting is a noun.
What is the plural of offshooting?
The plural of offshooting is offshootings.

Words near offshooting in the dictionary

  1. offsetters
  2. offsetting
  3. offsettings
  4. offshell
  5. offshoot
  6. offshooting
  7. offshootings
  8. offshoots
  9. offshorable
  10. offshore
  11. offshore seahorse

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